Slave Narratives. Arkansas Narratives. Volume ll - Part 1 Federal Writers' Project. A Folk History of Slavery in the United States. From Interviews with Former Slaves. WASHINGTON 1941. VOLUME I. Arkansas Narratives - Volume Two - Part One. Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Arkansas. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, also known as the WPA Slave Narrative Collection, was a monumental collection of slave narratives compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration between the years 1936 to 1938. The compete collection comprises more than 2000 interviews with ex-slaves or the relatives of slaves.

This title consists of the Works Progress Administration Slave Narratives of Arkansas. The title consists of the Arkansas Slave Narratives and is PART 2 of VOLUME 2.

Autobiographical accounts of former slaves compiled in the 1930s by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.

From 1936 to 1938, the Works Projects Administration (WPA) commissioned writers to collect the life histories of former slaves. This work was compiled under the Franklin Roosevelt administration during the New Deal and economic relief and recovery program. Each entry represents an oral history of a former slave or a descendant of a former slave and his or her personal account of life during slavery and emancipation. These interviews were published as type written records that were difficult to read. This new edition has been enlarged and enhanced for greater legibility. No library collection in Arkansas would be complete without a copy of Arkansas Slave Narratives.